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Nakasendō · Station 12 of 69
Kuragano-shuku 倉賀野宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 12 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Takasaki, Gunma, Japan |
| Prefecture | Gunma (Kanto region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 99.5 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Takasaki-shuku — about 6.0 km on |
| Coordinates | 36.2966° N, 139.0477° E |
Kuragano-shuku (倉賀野宿, Kuragano-shuku) was the twelfth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
History
Kuragano-shuku was an intersection between the Nakasendō and the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō. Travelers coming from Kyoto would use this route to get to Nikkō. (If they were coming from Edo, they would have used the Nikkō Kaidō.) During the Edo period, it was a popular port for trader ships on the Karasu River.
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō
- Shinmachi-shuku - Kuragano-shuku - Takasaki-shuku
- Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō
- Kuragano-shuku (starting location) - Tamamura-shuku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Kuragano-shuku by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Station facts cross-checked with the road station lists (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).
